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that was something stipulated by the law. but basically, what the hope is, is that the federal government by now they're gog have to set up probably 30 extinction instead-- it was assumed 10 or 15-- the idea is that they'll get an idea of how to do it since they're going to have to set up so many. perhaps it won't be quite so expensive to do that. but the idea of letting the states do it was that the states knew best what their insurance markets looked like. this was to give these states that will probably be resistant a chance to have some control over what was going to happen. instead, the states sort of said, "we're just going to wash our hands of this. we don't know how much it's going to cost. we don't really have any interest in facilitating this law because we don't like it so we're just going to step away and let the federal government do it. >> suarez: and create a paradoxical situation? many republican governors, the thing they hate more than anything is federal influence in their business, and here they are invitin
that was something stipulated by the law. but basically, what the hope is, is that the federal government by now they're gog have to set up probably 30 extinction instead-- it was assumed 10 or 15-- the idea is that they'll get an idea of how to do it since they're going to have to set up so many. perhaps it won't be quite so expensive to do that. but the idea of letting the states do it was that the states knew best what their insurance markets looked like. this was to give these states that...
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, law of the land or is it law, that's the bottom line. >> carla lowe is citizens against legalization of marijuana. a lobbying group based in sacramento. pot is unsafe and ineffective. not a -- an 'digtive, dangerous drug. >> not a medicine. always been a joke, a cruel hoax, always has been, always will be. f.d.a. will never approved it for any product to be deemed a medicine. >> with the recent legalization of medical marijuana in washington and colorado national leaders are re-examining pot policies. the justice department soon expected to issue a response which now allow adults 21 and old tore possess up to one ounce legally. on capitol hill, senate judiciary chairman patrick leahy called for congressional hearings on the issue and for his part, president obama told abc's barbara walters that the federal government has bigger fish to try than to go after pot smokers. >> it does not make sense from a prior othertization point of view to focus on recreational drug users in a state that has already said that under state law that's legal. >> while marijuana users in those states may be
, law of the land or is it law, that's the bottom line. >> carla lowe is citizens against legalization of marijuana. a lobbying group based in sacramento. pot is unsafe and ineffective. not a -- an 'digtive, dangerous drug. >> not a medicine. always been a joke, a cruel hoax, always has been, always will be. f.d.a. will never approved it for any product to be deemed a medicine. >> with the recent legalization of medical marijuana in washington and colorado national leaders are...
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i've had those discussions with our law enforcement agencies, whether it's bill silverman or adult probation with wendy stills or the youth programs with karen onion and marie sue scprts running the youth programs or our police chief or our fire chief or any of the numerous other leaders, and they all know they can have the best programs as well, but if the people who are doing the violence aren't reached those programs are half backed. they're not as good. i wouldn't throw them all out, but they're not good enough because people still live in fear in our housing projects, wherever they maybe in the housing developments or the run down 10aments that we have that we will attempt to rebuild and you heard me again. it's not about the brick and mortar. it's not rebuilding the physical structures of that. we will do that. we have the money to do that. we have the resources to do that, but it has been about hope sf, about rebuilding lives and giving hope first before we put the bricks and mortar in because if we don't have people believing they have a non violent world to live in it doesn't matter
i've had those discussions with our law enforcement agencies, whether it's bill silverman or adult probation with wendy stills or the youth programs with karen onion and marie sue scprts running the youth programs or our police chief or our fire chief or any of the numerous other leaders, and they all know they can have the best programs as well, but if the people who are doing the violence aren't reached those programs are half backed. they're not as good. i wouldn't throw them all out, but...
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its gun laws are similar to those of l.a. and new york, but police say illegal guns are flooding in inner city. mayor rahm emanuel blames illegal guns too. he also blames blight, poverty, and gaps in policing. but the truth is, 80% of the homicides in chicago are black-on-black crimes. groups like cease-fire say we need to change the way young people talk to each other. >> why you keep looking at me crazy? if you come on this block again and look at me crazy, you know what i'm going to do you, man. a simple argument like that could turn deadly. in order to stop a homicide, you have to have the ability to intercept a whisper. >> joining me now, jesse jackson, the founder and president of the rainbow push coalition. reverend jackson, thank you to the show. >> thank you, sir. >> sir, you appeared on "the ed show" two years ago to talk about the violence in chicago. it's only gotten worse. what needs to change now to make certain that we have a different result next year than we had in making a grim history this year? >> chris, i
its gun laws are similar to those of l.a. and new york, but police say illegal guns are flooding in inner city. mayor rahm emanuel blames illegal guns too. he also blames blight, poverty, and gaps in policing. but the truth is, 80% of the homicides in chicago are black-on-black crimes. groups like cease-fire say we need to change the way young people talk to each other. >> why you keep looking at me crazy? if you come on this block again and look at me crazy, you know what i'm going to do...
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aren't you protected under whistleblower laws? speak i think i've be protected under the whistleblower laws and they need to be more pronouncedr in the community, increase more to protect whistleblowers, wem. need them. >> anointed to do something. n >> or takeover number of branches, you go to drum up moru business. going out to the places of business that were honor customer accounts, tell us what> you found. speakerphone businesses did not exist, actual physical locations did not exist, it was just a paper company i would say within the bank computer system showing the transactions taking place but the businesses did not exist. lou: you would be going out to drum up new businesses or new services to makeertain thesu account is secure with your bank so you did what, a closed shop, windows boarded up, what did you find? >> some companies were empty lots, some were not in, some did not exist at all anywhere to bet found. >> when you got back, what did you tell your bosses? >> told by superiors exactly what i found and i reported s
aren't you protected under whistleblower laws? speak i think i've be protected under the whistleblower laws and they need to be more pronouncedr in the community, increase more to protect whistleblowers, wem. need them. >> anointed to do something. n >> or takeover number of branches, you go to drum up moru business. going out to the places of business that were honor customer accounts, tell us what> you found. speakerphone businesses did not exist, actual physical locations did...
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. >> schieffer: but would you be in favor of changing some laws, like, for example, banning these assault weapons? >> i would love to see what comes out of the committee. i think with vice president biden putting together a holistic approach to the challenges we face as a nation, looking at the opportunity we have to seriously address all the issues from mental illness to other issues, understanding what happened and why. after we have those answers we'll be in a much better position to decide the path forward. >> schieffer: let's talk a little bit about the fiscal cliff. you know, the speaker took a deal to the president, and then took it to his own caucus, and he didn't have the votes. he couldn't deliver the votes to guarantee his own proposal. what happens now? >> well, i think it's important for us to note that the house has acted already. the house, we've passed sequestration on four occasion. we've extend all the tax cuts and now we wait for a response from the other side. we stand prepared to be here in washington whenever the president or the senate has a proposal that we can tak
. >> schieffer: but would you be in favor of changing some laws, like, for example, banning these assault weapons? >> i would love to see what comes out of the committee. i think with vice president biden putting together a holistic approach to the challenges we face as a nation, looking at the opportunity we have to seriously address all the issues from mental illness to other issues, understanding what happened and why. after we have those answers we'll be in a much better...
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it is lax gun laws in america there is a lot of loopholes that have got to be closed. it is the fact that the nra is very influential in elections. but let's put the cards on the table. and i think we have done that tonight. it's the republicans too. it is the republicans. they are as much at fault as anybody else politically in this country when it comes to loose gun laws, and i think if we're just -- come right out and say that, i think we're going to be a heck of a lot better off trying to solve the problem. what republican wants to stand up and do something about what is happening on our streets and schools in this country? coming up, jesse jackson reacts to the nra's call to arms. and later, president obama nominates john kerry for the next secretary of state. presidential historian doug brinkley on why it's a great move for the president. stay with us. >>> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> that was nra executive vice president wayne lapierre, just one week after a gunman killed 26 people at sandy hook elementary school in
it is lax gun laws in america there is a lot of loopholes that have got to be closed. it is the fact that the nra is very influential in elections. but let's put the cards on the table. and i think we have done that tonight. it's the republicans too. it is the republicans. they are as much at fault as anybody else politically in this country when it comes to loose gun laws, and i think if we're just -- come right out and say that, i think we're going to be a heck of a lot better off trying to...
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when that man with his father-in-law died inherited three slaves. the first lady's great great grandmother and she ended up in a rough rural community in georgia, the vast majority of people were not slave voters, white men worked the fields along the slaves they own if they owned annie and it was quite a different experience than the one we often think about. >> it was quite a different experience and i really enjoyed reading about the people of that day, how she worked the fields and the men who owned her worked the fields. i know that you were not able to determine the relationship between millvinia and the men who owned her. and i also know, code of silence. she never talked about it and her descendants never talked about it. i noticed the same thing in her own family and other families as well. it is about wilkerson who wrote about the great migration, the same code of silence in her family. what is up with that code of silence? >> this is a painful chapter of american history for many families. so i think at the time, people knew. it would hav
when that man with his father-in-law died inherited three slaves. the first lady's great great grandmother and she ended up in a rough rural community in georgia, the vast majority of people were not slave voters, white men worked the fields along the slaves they own if they owned annie and it was quite a different experience than the one we often think about. >> it was quite a different experience and i really enjoyed reading about the people of that day, how she worked the fields and...
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. >> we are a nation of laws and we respect laws but we also respect humane laws. also seen in the past that laws thatin weren't humane have been changed. >> bill: then work to change them. don't demonize people who are accurate in the description as using a slur or using a hate word because it's not true. >> it's funny that you say it's inaccurate and all this. i think that we can take a page from foxag news latino who doesn't use the i word at all who has the policy that they will not join the bandwagon of people dehumanizing immigrants and using this language. >> bill: but i don't think i'm doing that i don't think i'm dehumanizing anybody by describing what the reality is. let me ask you a couple of questions about your belief system. do you believe we should have open borders here that anyonshe who comes to the united states should be able to come? >> i think that what we should be doing right now is looking at the reality and the reality is is. >> bill: now, you know, with all due respect ms. novoa, what you did, what you did. >> they deserve the right. >> bi
. >> we are a nation of laws and we respect laws but we also respect humane laws. also seen in the past that laws thatin weren't humane have been changed. >> bill: then work to change them. don't demonize people who are accurate in the description as using a slur or using a hate word because it's not true. >> it's funny that you say it's inaccurate and all this. i think that we can take a page from foxag news latino who doesn't use the i word at all who has the policy that...
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law enforcement is not going to solve the gun problem in chicago. law enforcement is not going to fix the educational system or the poverty rate or any of those other things. >> get close to home now, starting to get late, boys. >> reporter: one thing we noticed was the amount of children on the streets after dark. >> you guys about to go in the house, right? we got to get them home where the parents can help us a lot. >> we need the parents to step up a little bit more and take ownership sincerely of their children and raise them a little bit better. >> stay here. >> reporter: at one point they pull over two men driving a car with illegal tailpipes. >> you got a license. >> they approach with caution and end up being clean, no tattoos, just two young men out trying to have a good time. the men may feel like they're being harassed. leo and jose it's a part of the job. >> overall, we do a good job as a police department and our numbers although they might have doubled up a little bit this year, by the end of the year we might have that taken care of.
law enforcement is not going to solve the gun problem in chicago. law enforcement is not going to fix the educational system or the poverty rate or any of those other things. >> get close to home now, starting to get late, boys. >> reporter: one thing we noticed was the amount of children on the streets after dark. >> you guys about to go in the house, right? we got to get them home where the parents can help us a lot. >> we need the parents to step up a little bit more...
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police officers are expected to uphold the law. so, these images can be especially shocking. >> how old are you? >> in baltimore, maryland, a 14-year-old is skateboarding illegally and is confronted by a cop who doesn't like the boy's attitude. >> i'm not your father. you give that attitude to your father. you give it to me, i'll smack you upside the head. >> i don't have a father. >> shut your mouth. i'm talking. >> a friend captures the argument on a cell phone, as the officer becomes enraged because the boy, eric bush, calls him dude. >> give me that skateboard. >> the officer puts eric in a headlock and wrestles him to the ground. >> sit down. >> dude! >> sit down! i'm not a dude! >> he takes the skateboard. but then eric drops the dreaded "d" word one more time. >> i didn't do anything, dude. >> the officer turns around. >> don't call me dude. >> this time, he gives the boy a lecture. >> first of all, you disrespected me, this badge, and my department. you understand me? when i'm talking to you, you shut your mouth, and you li
police officers are expected to uphold the law. so, these images can be especially shocking. >> how old are you? >> in baltimore, maryland, a 14-year-old is skateboarding illegally and is confronted by a cop who doesn't like the boy's attitude. >> i'm not your father. you give that attitude to your father. you give it to me, i'll smack you upside the head. >> i don't have a father. >> shut your mouth. i'm talking. >> a friend captures the argument on a cell...
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the law is widely seen as retaliation for a new american law banning russians accused of human rights violations from entering the united states. ctimsummers are hoping politics pn't stop them from becoming parents. on your last trip there, that was the last thing you said to him? m> i said to him, "mommy and daddy will see you in four weeks d d you're going to come home with us, and we're going to be a forever family." >> those dreams are sort of shattered. and i cannot put into words how my wife and i feel right now. and we ask president putin, please, consider alternate means but don't let these children fferer. please. that's all we ask. >> reporter: president putin says he signed the ban because he believes russians should take care of their own children. u.s. state department is urging russia to allow children like preston who have already met and bonded with their future parents f be allowed to join their american families. but, jeff, it's unclear whether heat will happen. >> glor: heartbreak, elaine. thank you very much. president obama called general norman schwarzkopf an ame
the law is widely seen as retaliation for a new american law banning russians accused of human rights violations from entering the united states. ctimsummers are hoping politics pn't stop them from becoming parents. on your last trip there, that was the last thing you said to him? m> i said to him, "mommy and daddy will see you in four weeks d d you're going to come home with us, and we're going to be a forever family." >> those dreams are sort of shattered. and i cannot put...
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my university of texas law school prepared me to be what i could be. it has been a privilege to walk these halls in the capital of the world's gratis and long serving democracy. -- greatest and long serving moxie. --democracy. we know exactly where we were in the minute we knew there was a terrorist attack on america. though we have suffered a horrific attack, the strength, resilience, and extraordinary acts of kindness of the american people showed the world that attempts to destroy our way of life would never succeed. on that day, no one could get in or out of washington. many communication networks were not operable. when the pentagon was hit and the capitol was evacuated, my staff and i walked to my home on capitol hill. the husband of my office manager work in a section of the pentagon that had been hit. we were on the one phone that we had an call the hospitals, police, anyone that we thought might be able to tell us if he was safe. thankfully, he was fine. but there were so many who waited for hours and called hospitals to hear from their loved
my university of texas law school prepared me to be what i could be. it has been a privilege to walk these halls in the capital of the world's gratis and long serving democracy. -- greatest and long serving moxie. --democracy. we know exactly where we were in the minute we knew there was a terrorist attack on america. though we have suffered a horrific attack, the strength, resilience, and extraordinary acts of kindness of the american people showed the world that attempts to destroy our way of...
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>> she's the georgetown law student who talked about the need for the government to provide her with free birth control. >> rush limbaugh called her a name. [ overlapping speakers ] >> 15 minutes of name. the guard particles, discovery completes the standard model of physics, and explains the mechanism from which mass comes into existence. does that prove, or disprove god's existence? either way, it's 15 minutes are up. best minute of the year. >> hamas, celebrates after 1500 district hits in 8 days, and the world believes it was a great victory. >> vice president biden, bin laden is dead, and general motors is alive. >> president obama's entire reelection campaign. to me, it was one big eally, al >> pretty much. >> mitt romney's statement that he cares about 100% of the people. >> best spin of the year. that al-qaeda is on the run. unless you mean charging at our diplomatic missions with our assault rifles blazing, and rpg's firing. you with me pat? >> again, i think i heard that last show. >> from you? >> best comeback. >> you really are hard up, aren't you? >> okay, the most [ ina
>> she's the georgetown law student who talked about the need for the government to provide her with free birth control. >> rush limbaugh called her a name. [ overlapping speakers ] >> 15 minutes of name. the guard particles, discovery completes the standard model of physics, and explains the mechanism from which mass comes into existence. does that prove, or disprove god's existence? either way, it's 15 minutes are up. best minute of the year. >> hamas, celebrates after...
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president carter signed the bill into law in 1978. it was the law of the land for more than 20 years, until it got amended under president george w. bush. you might remember this. a patriot act and a number of other congressional acts vastly diminished fisa's privacy protections and expanded the goth's ability to spy on you and on me and all americans to tap our phones and read our e-mails. and in the end, you would probably never even know they were doing it. and we as a country, at that time, we had a huge fight about it. it was a major issue in the 2004 presidential campaign when president bush and john kerry. in the 2008 democratic primary, then senators clinton and obama, they fought about it. they even ended up voting on opposite sides of the issue when it came up for a vote that summer. fisa, and whether or not we already have a government with too much power to spy on us, whether or not there should be more congressional and judicial oversight of that power, whether or not more should be done to protect people's privacy, our c
president carter signed the bill into law in 1978. it was the law of the land for more than 20 years, until it got amended under president george w. bush. you might remember this. a patriot act and a number of other congressional acts vastly diminished fisa's privacy protections and expanded the goth's ability to spy on you and on me and all americans to tap our phones and read our e-mails. and in the end, you would probably never even know they were doing it. and we as a country, at that time,...
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>> you could have the additional money with held from your paycheck, because the law changes, so that everyone's tax rates, this is assuming we do go over the cliff. everyone is facing a higher tax increase. not just bill gates, not just warren buffet, but anyone with an income over $25,000. and don't forget, the payroll tax goes up, too. >> so taking out for social security taxes -- no one is talking about it. that says to me, those are going back up anyway. those are about a thousand in cost -- so let me ask you, there is the actual what will happen on january first? and it doesn't sound like people will have to worry about their taxes, most people. but what about the psychological impact? haven't we already seen it in christmas buying? haven't we already seen it in hiring? wouldn't we continue to see it -- you know, won't consumer confidence take a hit? won't businesses still say i don't know, i don't know what is happening. >> already has, candy, you have seen it in this year's christmas shopping season was lackluster, at best. i talk to businesses who say we're not hiring right n
>> you could have the additional money with held from your paycheck, because the law changes, so that everyone's tax rates, this is assuming we do go over the cliff. everyone is facing a higher tax increase. not just bill gates, not just warren buffet, but anyone with an income over $25,000. and don't forget, the payroll tax goes up, too. >> so taking out for social security taxes -- no one is talking about it. that says to me, those are going back up anyway. those are about a...
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he says, but the house rules committee will do at 8:00 is always derided as "martial law." he is talking about the news released by the rules committee that they will meet this evening at 8:00 p.m.. we will try to update the story for you. one at a house republican, settling in for a delicious pizza dinner and to talk about something not involving a fiscal clift deal. and from nbc -- one rep will be "real crabby" if congress is here on wednesday -- he has rose bowl tickets. you can follow this at our fiscal cliff page at c- span.org/ficalcliff. joe manchin introduced a new bill that he said it would soften the impact of going over the fiscal cliff. he calls it deep cliff alleviation at the last minute -- he says he is not happy to write it. here is what he said at the floor. >> thank you. i will first of all thank both of my colleagues for the diligent work -- they have committed themselves to this work and i appreciate it. mr. president, i rise today frustrated, embarrassed, and angry. it is absolutely inexcusable that all of us find ourselves in this place at this time, s
he says, but the house rules committee will do at 8:00 is always derided as "martial law." he is talking about the news released by the rules committee that they will meet this evening at 8:00 p.m.. we will try to update the story for you. one at a house republican, settling in for a delicious pizza dinner and to talk about something not involving a fiscal clift deal. and from nbc -- one rep will be "real crabby" if congress is here on wednesday -- he has rose bowl tickets....
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president carter signed the bill into law in 1978. it was the law of the land for more than 20 years, until it got amended under president george w. bush. you might remember this. a patriot act and a number of other congressional acts vastly diminished fisa's privacy protections and expanded the goth's ability to spy on you and on me and all americans to tap our phones and read our e-mails. and in the end, you would probably never even know they were doing it. and we as a country, at that time, we had a huge fight about it. it was a major issue in the 2004 presidential campaign when president bush and john kerry. in the 2008 democratic primary, then senators clinton and obama, they fought about it. they even ended up voting on opposite sides of the issue when it came up for a vote that summer. fisa, and whether or not we already have a government with too much power to spy on us, whether or not there should be more congressional and judicial oversight of that power, whether or not more should be done to protect people's privacy, our c
president carter signed the bill into law in 1978. it was the law of the land for more than 20 years, until it got amended under president george w. bush. you might remember this. a patriot act and a number of other congressional acts vastly diminished fisa's privacy protections and expanded the goth's ability to spy on you and on me and all americans to tap our phones and read our e-mails. and in the end, you would probably never even know they were doing it. and we as a country, at that time,...
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they've passed some laws that reduce the risk of just frivolous lawsuits. and what they've seen is businesses moving to their state. they've seen jobs and opportunity created not for the top 2%, but expanding a middle class, creating more opportunities and more tax revenues to do the things at the state government level that we all want for everyone that lives there. this is not for a few. this is for 100%. and you see specials now on tv comparing california and texas, businesses moving out and delegations from california going to texas to try to figure out why businesses are moving and families are moving. it's not political at all. we make it political and we talk about it in political terms, but creating an environment where businesses can thrive is an american idea and it's an idea that's working. and we see it all over the country, where some states are going down one road with higher taxes and bigger government and more spending, and they're losing to states like texas and i hope more and more like south carolina. they're moving to where they can thri
they've passed some laws that reduce the risk of just frivolous lawsuits. and what they've seen is businesses moving to their state. they've seen jobs and opportunity created not for the top 2%, but expanding a middle class, creating more opportunities and more tax revenues to do the things at the state government level that we all want for everyone that lives there. this is not for a few. this is for 100%. and you see specials now on tv comparing california and texas, businesses moving out and...
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understand what is law and what is rule of law? why should he meant to deal with each other in this way? -- humans deal with each other in this way? they know they cannot be influenced. in my family, when i was fighting with my parents, i could not win because they were my parents. what kind of steps will you allow ordinary people to understand the rule of law? why do we need a rule of law? >> keep doing what you are doing. keep doing it. sandra o'connor, one of my colleagues, feels very strongly about the fact that teenagers and high-school students are not learning civics. they do not know how the government of the united states works. she's been a lot of for time trying to develop programs on computers, television, that you can send into the classrooms. none of us thinks the rule of law is the american system in its entirety. we think the fact that people will apply and follow a rule of law is one thing that we think -- i think -- and is a national treasure. it is a treasure that has developed over many, many, many years with ma
understand what is law and what is rule of law? why should he meant to deal with each other in this way? -- humans deal with each other in this way? they know they cannot be influenced. in my family, when i was fighting with my parents, i could not win because they were my parents. what kind of steps will you allow ordinary people to understand the rule of law? why do we need a rule of law? >> keep doing what you are doing. keep doing it. sandra o'connor, one of my colleagues, feels very...
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he practiced international trade law and washington. on behalf of the west virginia state society, i would like to introduce ira shapiro. [applause] >> thank you for the kind introduction. thank you to the society for giving me the chance to be here. thanks to mike who did so much to organize the event. he is an old friend. thank you, mike. i'm delighted to be here today with corbin. we have two books that talk about robert byrd from different perspectives. my book is basically about the senate and the last great senate as i refer to it. senator byrd was the majority leader during the period of time i wrote about. it gives you an ensemble sense of how the senate works. the book originated in 2008. i had been in the senate in the 1970s and 1980s. by 2008, i decided the senate had become utterly unrecognizable to me. polarized and paralyzed, really quite dysfunctional. i decided to write a book about the senate when it was great, specifically when i was there. [laughter] when you do something like that, you have a certain risk factor. was
he practiced international trade law and washington. on behalf of the west virginia state society, i would like to introduce ira shapiro. [applause] >> thank you for the kind introduction. thank you to the society for giving me the chance to be here. thanks to mike who did so much to organize the event. he is an old friend. thank you, mike. i'm delighted to be here today with corbin. we have two books that talk about robert byrd from different perspectives. my book is basically about the...
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we have a system of government where nobody is above the law. where we have an obligation to hold each other accountable. >> president obama was not only honoring a public servant who inspired him personally, but paying homage to a past or a functional one. a past that is a flash in the rear-view mirror of this congress because this is the congress of today. >> as you know, the house did not take up the tax bill last night because we didn't have the votes to pass it. it's not the outcome that i wanted. that was the will of the house. >> it was the will of the house to do nothing? on thursday night, the members of the elected house of representatives decided it would you describe not their will to take a vote on their own leadership's proposal. it would have exempted the first million dollars of income from a tax increase. there was no chance of being passed into law as the president made clear he would veto it. if the speaker's plan b passed the democrat controlled senate. this was a republican proposal. house democrats would not have supported
we have a system of government where nobody is above the law. where we have an obligation to hold each other accountable. >> president obama was not only honoring a public servant who inspired him personally, but paying homage to a past or a functional one. a past that is a flash in the rear-view mirror of this congress because this is the congress of today. >> as you know, the house did not take up the tax bill last night because we didn't have the votes to pass it. it's not the...
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law that's what i said back on july 25th. the only reason we ever allowed that vote on that proposal, as i said at that time, was that we constitutional muster. and that democrats, if they were really serious, they'd proceedo to a revenue bill that originated in the has as the a constitution requires and as iqr called on them to do again last week. to repeat, the so-called senatea bill is nothing more than ahing glorified sense of the senateen resolution. so let'sse put that convenient talking point aside from here on out. last night i told the president we'd be happy to look at whatwol are he -- whatever he proposes, but the truth is we're coming up against a hard deadline here. and as ie, said, this is a conversation we should have had months ago. and republicans respect about to write a blank -- aren't about to write a blank check for anything senate democrats put forward any just because we find ourselves at the w edge of the cliff. that wouldn't be fair to theou americanld people. that having been said, we'll see what th
law that's what i said back on july 25th. the only reason we ever allowed that vote on that proposal, as i said at that time, was that we constitutional muster. and that democrats, if they were really serious, they'd proceedo to a revenue bill that originated in the has as the a constitution requires and as iqr called on them to do again last week. to repeat, the so-called senatea bill is nothing more than ahing glorified sense of the senateen resolution. so let'sse put that convenient talking...
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russian president vladimir putin has signed into law a ban on u.s. citizens adopting russian children. the ban is seen as a retaliatory move after president obama signed a law denying u.s. visas and bank accounts to russian officials linked to the death of imprisoned whistleblower sergei magnitsky. it will take effect january 1st and likely add a new strain to u.s.-russian ties. retired u.s. general norman schwarzkopf has died at the age of 78. known as stormin' norman, he headed the first gulf war in 1981 which killed up to 205,000 iraqis during the invasion and its aftermath and decimated iraqi infrastructure. the one of the wars must address incidents, he ordered u.s. forces to fire on the retreating and this armed iraqi forces along iraq's highway 80, causing hundreds of casualties and prompting the name highway of death. news of his death comes as former president george h.w. bush who awarded the first gulf war, is a houston hospital in intensive care after suffering bronchitis. those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democrac
russian president vladimir putin has signed into law a ban on u.s. citizens adopting russian children. the ban is seen as a retaliatory move after president obama signed a law denying u.s. visas and bank accounts to russian officials linked to the death of imprisoned whistleblower sergei magnitsky. it will take effect january 1st and likely add a new strain to u.s.-russian ties. retired u.s. general norman schwarzkopf has died at the age of 78. known as stormin' norman, he headed the first gulf...
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at columbia law school, they were very good guys. it is true that obama did his best. when i interview president obama in the oval office, he talked about the supporters in new york. but he started to make that transition in his long arc of his search for home. she was starting to happen and beenu mahmood was very perceptively seen that happen. >> host: why did the presidency president in new york after graduating from columbia? >> guest: he was trying to get a job wherever he could. he applied for a job in chicago after washington was elected mayor there. he didn't get anything. so the best he could do was stay in new york. he wouldn't want to go back to honolulu. he didn't have anyplace else. so he stayed there and as he put it, you try to make money for yourself and get a job. it is sort of a magazine or consulting firm called business international. for that year, he doesn't really like it there, but that is the period when they talk a lot. it is the period when he met genevieve. >> host: so david maraniss, going back to the quote, no life could have been the produ
at columbia law school, they were very good guys. it is true that obama did his best. when i interview president obama in the oval office, he talked about the supporters in new york. but he started to make that transition in his long arc of his search for home. she was starting to happen and beenu mahmood was very perceptively seen that happen. >> host: why did the presidency president in new york after graduating from columbia? >> guest: he was trying to get a job wherever he...
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no single law is going to stop all of those. but if we can cut it in half, or cut it by 20% or even cut it by a tenth that's still thousands of lives. and maybe we wouldn't have some of those horrible images as we see right now these children being buried. >> schieffer: i think we reestablished communications with texas. senator hutch son you were talking about you do suggest at least schools being able to put police in schools if they think it's needed. but how about some of these other things? what about this idea of a ban on assault weapons? what about as senator warn ser talking about restricting the sales of these magazines that have 30 rounds in a clip? how do you feel about that? >> you know, i think we ought to be looking at where the real danger is, like those large clips. i think that does need to be looked at. we do have a ban on assault weapons, as was stated earlier. but it's the semiautomatic and those large magazines that can be fired off very quickly. you do have to pull the trigger each time, but it's very quick
no single law is going to stop all of those. but if we can cut it in half, or cut it by 20% or even cut it by a tenth that's still thousands of lives. and maybe we wouldn't have some of those horrible images as we see right now these children being buried. >> schieffer: i think we reestablished communications with texas. senator hutch son you were talking about you do suggest at least schools being able to put police in schools if they think it's needed. but how about some of these other...
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to determine its own gun laws. perhaps it should be no surprise you, the card carrying member of the nra who rode to victory with tea party backing, made your position clear when you first ran for congress, saying quote, i stand strongly in support of our second amendment rights. the constitution grants south carolinans the right to defend themselves and their families and i will continue fighting to make sure that right is not weakened in any way. really, congressman, all of this when of the 142 guns used by the perpetrators of the 62 mass murders since 1982 in this country, three-quarters of those guns were obtained legally. all of this when in 2008 and 2009, gun deaths were the leading cause of death among black teens. let's be clear. even though you stand to be the only african-american senator in 2013, this is not about race. you said when you chose not to join the congressional black caucus that your campaign was never about race, and that's fine. you will be the senator representing the great state of south
to determine its own gun laws. perhaps it should be no surprise you, the card carrying member of the nra who rode to victory with tea party backing, made your position clear when you first ran for congress, saying quote, i stand strongly in support of our second amendment rights. the constitution grants south carolinans the right to defend themselves and their families and i will continue fighting to make sure that right is not weakened in any way. really, congressman, all of this when of the...
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because of those laws and other laws crime declined. now that these mass shootings seem to be almost the new normal, almost one a month, i think the broad middle will rise up and that will help us. in the last ten years the whole debate has been dominated by the small but militant number 3 million, 4 million nra people in the -- >> do you think politics have changed? as a republican, to you think the nra has the same clout to be absolutist about this, even if it means accepting compromises it may not like and maybe the entertainment industry has to accept compromises they feel fringe upon first amendment rights? >> i own an ar-15. i have it at my house. the question is if you deny me the right to buy another one, do you make america safer? my belief is this is a problem you try to get murderers off the street by better mental health detection, try to find ways to petter understand who they are. i don't suggest we ban every movie with a gun in it and every video that's violent and i don't suggest you take my right to buy an ar-15 away fr
because of those laws and other laws crime declined. now that these mass shootings seem to be almost the new normal, almost one a month, i think the broad middle will rise up and that will help us. in the last ten years the whole debate has been dominated by the small but militant number 3 million, 4 million nra people in the -- >> do you think politics have changed? as a republican, to you think the nra has the same clout to be absolutist about this, even if it means accepting...